Undergarment with pocket

ABSTRACT

An undergarment in the form of boxer shorts includes a concealed inside pocket on the front panel for holding valuables and other items such as, but not limited to, a credit card, a membership or I.D. card, paper and coin currency and keys. The pocket hangs freely on the inside of the boxer shorts and is secured to the front panel at a top open pocket mouth. A horizontal slit opening on the front panel, just below the waistband of the boxer shorts, communicates with the pocket mouth to permit placement and removal of the items carried in the pocket. A zipper or other closure mechanism is provided for securing the slit opening closed, thereby safely containing the items in the pocket. Opposing flaps along the horizontal slit opening on the outside of the front panel help to conceal the pocket mouth and closure mechanism.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an undergarment with a pocketand, more particularly, to boxer shorts having a concealed pocket forsecurely and safely holding valuables and other items therein.

[0003] 2. Discussion of the Related Art

[0004] When most people leave their home they usually carry severalitems on their person including a driver's license or other form ofidentification, money and one or more keys, as well as possibly at leastone credit card, a banking card (e.g. a debit card or ATM card), and oneor more membership cards. These items are typically carried in a walletor purse. There are times, however, when it is not practical or safe tocarry a wallet or purse when a person is away from home. For instance,work-out garments worn when exercising often do not include pocketswhich are suitable for carrying the above-noted items. In otherinstances, it might be desirable to conceal money, credit cards andother valuable items and documents when traveling away from home, andespecially in instances wherein there may be a risk of exposure tocrime.

[0005] Traditional pockets found on outer garments such as trousers,shorts, shirts and jackets, are not always a secure place to carryvaluables and other items, such as those identified above. Because thepocket openings on these garments are often left open, when a personsits down the items contained in the pockets are prone to accidentallyfall out. Not surprisingly, keys, money and other valuables are oftenlost when carried loosely in pants or jacket pockets. Further, the openvisibility and ease of access to conventional pockets make them primetargets to crime.

[0006] Accordingly, there remains a need for a garment which includes aconcealed pocket for carrying valuables and other items in a safe andsecure manner. More specifically, there remains an urgent need for anundergarment, and particularly boxer shorts, which provides for aconsiderably large pocket which is concealed and which is structured anddisposed to safely and securely contain one or more items thereinincluding, but not limited to, credit cards, I.D. cards, membershipcards, paper and coin currency, important documents, one or more keysand/or one or more items of jewelry.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The present invention is directed to an undergarment in the formof boxer shorts which includes a concealed inside pocket on the frontpanel for holding valuables and other items such as, but not limited to,a credit card, a membership or I.D. card, paper and coin currency andkeys. The pocket hangs freely on the inside of the boxer shorts and issecured to the front panel at a top open pocket mouth. A horizontal slitopening on the front panel, just below the waistband of the boxershorts, communicates with the pocket mouth to permit placement andremoval of the items carried in the pocket. A zipper or other closuremechanism is provided for securing the pocket mouth closed, therebysafely containing the items in the pocket. Opposing flaps on the outsideof the front panel help to conceal the pocket mouth and closuremechanism.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] For a fuller understanding of the nature of the presentinvention, reference should be made to the following detaileddescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings inwhich:

[0009]FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of the boxer shorts of thepresent invention, wherein the concealed pocket is shown in phantomlines; and

[0010]FIG. 2 is an isolated cross-sectional view taken along the planeof the line 2-2 in FIG. 1.

[0011] Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0012] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the boxer shorts ofthe present invention are shown and are generally indicated as 10. Theboxer shorts 10 include a front panel 12, a rear panel 14, a waistband16 and a fly opening 18 on the front panel.

[0013] As best seen in FIG. 2, a pocket 20 is secured to the inside 13of the front panel 12. More specifically, the pocket is stitched to theinside 13 of the front panel 12 along opposite, opposing edges 24, 26which surround a pocket mouth 22 near the top of the pocket 20. Frontand rear pocket walls 27, 28 hang freely from the stitched attachment at24, 26 behind the front panel 12 so that the pocket 20 is concealed fromview when the boxer shorts 10 are worn on the user. A horizontal slitopening 30 in the front panel, between the waistband 16 and fly opening18, is positioned and disposed in communicating alignment with the openpocket mouth 22 to facilitate placement and removal of items within thepocket interior 28 through the slit opening. A closure mechanism 40,such as a zipper, hook and loop fastener, snaps or other like means, isprovided along the slit opening and/or open pocket mouth to facilitateopening and closing of the pocket mouth. Accordingly, when items areplaced within the pocket interior 28, the closure mechanism 40 can beoperated to a closed position, thereby safely securing and containingthe items within the pocket, in concealment behind the front panel 12 ofthe boxer shorts 10 when worn on the user. Upper and lower flaps 44, 46extend along the length of the horizontal slit opening 30 to conceal thepocket mouth 22 and closure mechanism 40. The upper and lower flaps 44,46 are able to flex outwardly to reveal the slit opening, closuremechanism and open mouth of the pocket, thereby allowing items to beinserted and removed from the pocket interior.

[0014] While the instant invention has been shown and described inaccordance with a preferred and practical embodiment thereof, it isrecognized that departures from the instant disclosure are contemplatedwithin the spirit and scope of the present invention as recited in thefollowing claims and as interpreted under the doctrine of equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. An undergarment comprising: a pair of boxershorts including a front panel, a rear panel and a waistband; an upperflap member on said front panel and an opposing lower flap member onsaid front panel, said upper and lower flap members extending inadjacent, parallel relation to one another in spaced relation below saidwaistband, and said upper and lower flap members being structured anddisposed to flex outwardly and separate from one another to reveal ahorizontal slit opening formed through said front panel; a pocketincluding a front pocket wall and a rear pocket wall, said rear pocketwall terminating at a top first edge and said front pocket wallterminating at a top second edge, said first and second edgessurrounding an open pocket mouth communicating with an interior of saidpocket, and said first edge being attached to an inner side of saidfront panel of said boxer shorts above said horizontal slit opening andsaid second edge being secured to the inner side of said front panelbelow said horizontal slit opening so that said horizontal slit openingcommunicates with said open mouth and said interior of said pocket; anda closure mechanism concealed behind said upper and lower flap membersfor selectively closing said pocket mouth to contain items within saidpocket.
 2. An undergarment comprising: a pair of boxer shorts having anelongate slit opening; a pocket secured to an inner side of said boxershorts and including an open mouth communicating with said slit opening;closure means for selectively closing said pocket mouth to contain itemswithin an interior of said pocket; and flap means for concealing saidclosure means and said pocket mouth.
 3. The undergarment as recited inclaim 2 wherein said flap means includes an upper flap member and anopposing lower flap member, said upper and lower flap members extendingalong said slit opening and said upper and lower flap members beingstructured and disposed to flex outwardly and separate from one anotherto reveal said slit opening, said closure means and said pocket mouth.4. The undergarment as recited in claim 3 wherein said pocket includes afront pocket wall and a rear pocket wall, said rear pocket wallterminating at a top first edge and said front pocket wall terminatingat a top second edge, said first and second edges surrounding saidpocket mouth, and said first edge being attached to an inner side ofsaid boxer shorts above said slit opening and said second edge beingsecured to the inner side of said boxer shorts below said slit opening.5. The undergarment as recited in claim 4 wherein said closure meansincludes a zipper.